As the real Hotel Fabriken – as pictured above: a pretty good imitation of our Second Life version [sic] – closes its doors in anticipation of another grim winter in Gotland, I’m returning from my own summer break in the Italian Dolomites with a fresh mind and aching legs. It’s time, then, to make a couple of announcements …

Second, we have something new on the horizon … another sister sim for Furillen. Just as we opened La Digue du Braek for a few months last year, this new sim will be for a limited time only. I’ve been researching this place on and off for almost two years. I don’t want to say too much about it now, other than that it corresponds to a real location somewhere in Russia. It’s on YouTube, but not Street View. So that narrows it down a bit for you …